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Form 1 ScienceAcids & Alkalis Exam
2015-2016 sessionTime: 1 lesson
Answer all Questions in the space provided!.
Name:Teacher: MN
Mark /38 Percentage GG Grade
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Q1. (a) Neutral litmus paper is:
purple in neutral solutions;red in acids;blue in alkalis.
Use this information to answer the questions.
(i) A piece of neutral litmus paper turned red in some grapefruit juice. What does this show about the grapefruit juice?
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(ii) Gwen added drops of sodium hydroxide solution to the grapefruit juice. The litmus paper soon turned blue. What does the blue colour show about the sodium hydroxide solution?
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(iii) Gwen then tested some water with a new piece of neutral litmus paper. The pH of the water was 7. What colour was the litmus paper in the water.
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(b) What name is given to the reaction between an acid and an alkali?
Tick the correct box.
distillation
neutralisation
precipitation
separation 1 mark
Maximum 4 marks
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Q2. (a) Vinegar is sometimes put on chips. It has a sharp, sour taste.
What does the taste tell you about vinegar?
Tick the correct box.
It contains salt.
It contains sugar.
It is an acid.
It has turned bad. 1 mark
(b) Washing soda crystals react with acid to give off carbon dioxide.
If you added some washing soda crystals to vinegar,what would you see happening?
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(c) Red cabbage can be used to test for acids and alkalis. It is bright red in acids and purple in alkalis.
(i) What colour is it in lemon juice?
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(ii) Complete the sentence below.
Substances which change colour when you add acid or alkali are
called ..............................1 mark
(d) The labels have fallen off two bottles. The labels say ‘Distilled Water’ and ‘Sulphuric Acid’.
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(i) Why should you not taste the liquids to see which is which?
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(ii) You can use some washing soda crystals to find out what is in each bottle. Describe what you would do and what you would see in each case.
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Maximum 7 marks
Q3. Michelle added some universal indicator solution to four liquids.
Michelle uses the pH chart to fill in her table of results.
pH chart
pH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
colour red orange green blue purple
(a) The table below shows some of Michelle’s results.
Complete Michelle’s table of results below.Use the pH chart to help you.
liquid colour of universal indicator solution pH
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milk green
rain water 5
hydrochloric acid red
bleach 11
2 marks
(b) Explain why using acids can be dangerous.
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(c) Michelle measured the pH of some milk stored at room temperature for five days.
The graph of Michelle’s results is shown below.One of the axes has been labelled.
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(i) Write the x axis label for the graph.
(ii) Use the graph. How does the pH of the milk change over the five days?
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maximum 5 marks
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Q4. pH paper is used to show whether a solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
One type of pH paper shows the following range of colours.
colour of pH paper red orange yellow green blue purple
pH value 0 - 4 5 6 7 8 - 10 11 - 14
Some solutions were tested with pH Paper. The results are shown below.
(a) Complete the following table by placing a tick in the correct column for each substance.
substance colour of pH paper acidic neutral alkaline
orange juice red
egg white blue
oven cleaner purple
milk yellow
4 marks
(b) Which substance was the most alkaline?
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(c) Equal amounts of egg white and milk are mixed. What is the most likely pH of the mixture?Tick the correct box.
pH2 pH6 pH7 pH14
1 mark
Maximum 6 marks
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Q5. The chart is taken from a bottle of Johnson’s pH5.5 Body Wash.
(a) From the information give reasons why:
(i) the body wash is slightly acidic
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(ii) why it is not more alkaline or neutral.
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(b) Tick one box to describe Johnson’s facial wash.
It is very alkaline.
It is slightly alkaline.
It is neutral.
It is slightly acidic.
1 mark
(c) A bee sting is acidic. Which substance would be best to neutralise the sting?
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Maximum 4 marks
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Q6. A scientist compared the acidity of four gases to see which gas might cause acid rain.She used four balloons to collect the gases.She then bubbled the gases, in turn, through a fresh sample of green, neutral,universal indicator solution.
(a) Three of the gases caused the indicator to change colour.The scientist added drops of alkali to the indicator until the indicator changed back to green.Her results are shown in the table below.
gasescollected
change in colourof indicator
number of dropsof alkali needed to changethe indicator back to green
exhaust gasesfrom a car
green to red 31
carbon dioxide green to red 160
air no change 0
human breath green to yellow 10
Use information in the table to answer part (i) and part (ii) below.
(i) Which gas dissolved to form the most acidic solution?
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Explain your choice.
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(ii) Which gas formed a neutral solution?
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Explain your choice.
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(iii) What effect does an alkali have on an acid?
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Q7. Matthew measured the pH of different soils.
(a) Tick one box in each row to show if each soil is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
soil pH of soil acidic neutral alkaline
A 4.5
B 5.5
C 6.3
D 7.0
E 7.8
2 marks
(b) A hydrangea is a flowering plant. Matthew notices that the colour of hydrangea flowers is different for plants grown in different places.
He records the colour of the flowers on each plant.
His results are shown in the table below.
soil pHof soil colour of flowers
blue violet light pink dark pink
A 4.5
B 5.5
C 6.3
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D 7.0
E 7.8
Look at Matthew’s results.Do his results support the statement that the colour of hydrangea flowers depends on pH?
yes no 1 mark
Explain your answer.
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(c) Matthew measured the pH of the soil near hydrangea plants found in different places.
Suggest one other variable Matthew could not control in his investigation.
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(d) Matthew wants to find out if the colour of blue hydrangea flowers depends on inherited factors or environmental factors.The flowers were growing in soil of pH 4.5.He plants them in soil of pH 6.3.
Complete the table below to show the colours of the new flowers in soil of pH 6.3(i) if the colour is due to inheritance(ii) if the colour is due to the environment
Use the table above to complete the table below.
colour
starting colour of hydrangea flowers blue
colour of new flowers if only due to inheritance
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colour of new flowers if only due to environment
2 marksmaximum 6 marks
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M1. (a) (i) acid or acidicaccept ‘has acid in it’do not accept ‘more acid than alkali’
1 (L3)
(ii) alkali or alkalineaccept ‘it neutralises acid’do not accept ‘turns the acid into an alkali’
1 (L3)
(iii) purple1 (L3)
(b) neutralisation if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L4)[4]
M2. (a) It is an acid if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)
(b) bubblingaccept ‘fizzing’ or ‘froth’ or ‘effervescence’or ‘gas given off’ or ‘carbon dioxide given off’do not accept ‘a reaction’
1 (L3)
(c) (i) red or bright red1 (L3)
(ii) indicators
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(d) (i) acid can be poisonous or burn or is dangerous or harmfulaccept ‘it makes you ill’ or ‘it is corrosive’or ‘because it might be acid’do not accept ‘it will kill you’
1 (L4)
(ii) the answer should refer to the use of washing soda crystalswith both liquids
any one from
• pour some of the liquid from each bottle onto the washing soda
• add washing soda to a sample from each bottledo not accept ‘ add washing soda to each bottle’
1 (L4)
any one from
• one bubbles and one does notaccept ‘one of them bubbles’
• one gives off carbon dioxide and one does notaccept ‘one of them gives off carbon dioxide’
• the acid bubbles or gives off carbon dioxidedo not accept ‘it bubbles’ or ‘it gives off carbon dioxide’
• the water does not bubble or give off carbon dioxide1 (L4)
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M3. (a) • 7
• orange
• an answer in the range 1–3 accept ‘1–3’
• purplefor all four rows correct, award two marks
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for any two or three rows correct, award one markanswers must be in the correct column and row in the table
2 (L3)
(b) any one from
• they are corrosive
• they burn or irritateaccept ‘they can damage your skin or eyes’‘‘in case it touches your skin’ is insufficientit is harmful or poisonous’ is insufficient‘it can kill you’ is insufficient‘wear gloves’ is insufficientdo not accept ‘it is flammable’
1 (L4)
(c) (i) • time, in daysaccept ‘time’accept ‘days’do not accept ‘hours’ or ‘minutes’
1 (L4)
(ii) it goes down or decreasesaccept ‘it becomes acidic’‘it goes red’ is insufficientaccept ‘it goes from 6.5 to 2.5’accept ‘the acid gets stronger’‘it goes sour’ is insufficientif the label for X is incorrect in part (ci),do not penalise again in part (cii)
1 (L4)[5]
M4. (a)
substance acidic neutral alkaline
orange juice *
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egg white *
oven cleaner *
milk *
if more than one box is ticked in any rowaward no mark for that rowdo not accept a tick in ‘neutral’
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(b) oven cleaner1
(c) pH71
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M5. (a) (i) any one from
• soap with moisturisersdo not accept ‘soap’ or ‘pH 7.3’
• normal facial wash1 (L5)
(ii) normal soapdo not accept ‘soap’ or ‘pH 10.0’
1 (L5)
(b) It is slightly acidic. if more than one box is ticked award no mark
1 (L5)
(c) normal soapdo not accept ‘soap’ or pH 10.0’
1 (L5)[4]
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M6. (a) (i) carbon dioxideaccept ‘CO2’
any one fromit took more or most alkali to neutralise itor to change the colour of the indicator back to green
accept ‘it took most drops’ or ‘it took 160’both the answer and the reason are required for the mark
1 (L5)
(ii) airit did not change the colour of the indicator or the pH of the solution
accept ‘no drops or alkali were needed’accept ‘there was no change’both the answer and the reason are required for the mark
1 (L5)
(iii) any one from
• neutralises it
• it raises the pHaccept ‘it makes it less acidic’accept ‘it makes it pH 7’accept ‘it forms a salt’do not accept ‘makes it more alkaline’
1 (L6)
M7. (a)
soil pH of soil acidic neutral alkaline
A 4.5
B 5.5
C 6.3
D 7.0
E 7.8
for all five ticks correct, award two marks
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for any three or four ticks correct, award one markfor any one or two ticks correct, award no marksif more than one tick is placed in any one row, do not credit that row
2 (L5)
(b) • yes as pH increases the flowers become darker pink or less blue
accept ‘as pH or acidity changes the flower colour changes’accept ‘acid soil has blue flowers and alkaline soil has pink flowers’both the tick box and a consistent explanation are needed for the mark
or
• no
any one from
• there is no change between pH 5.5 – 6.3
• there is insufficient data1 (L6)
(c) any one from
• type of hydrangeaaccept ‘type of plant’accept ‘size or age of plant’
• amount of water or rainfall‘how much it is watered’ is insufficient
• amount of light or shadeaccept ‘light’
• soil compositionaccept ‘type of soil’‘the acidity or pH of the soil’ is insufficient
• nutrients or minerals or ions in the soilaccept named nutrients, minerals or ions
• weather or temperatureaccept ‘climate’accept ‘pH of rain’
1 (L5)
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(d)
• blue
• violet
accept ‘purple’ for violet2 (L6)
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